Formerly known as Kesh or Kish ("heart-pleasing") and tentatively identified with the ancient Nautaca, Shahrisabz is one of Central Asia’s most ancient cities. It was founded more than 2,700 years ago and formed a part of the Achaemenid Empire or Persia from the 6th to 4th centuries BC. Throughout this period Kesh remained an important urban center of Sogdiana, a major …

Ardabil (pronunciation (help · info), Persian: اردبیل, romanized: Ardabīl or Ardebīl) is a city in northwestern Iran, and the capital of Ardabil Province. As of the 2022 census, Ardabil's population was 588,000. The dominant majority in the city are ethnic Iranian Azerbaijanis and the primary language of the people is Azerbaijani.. Ardabil is known for its trade in silk and carpets.

Yakhchāl (Persian: یخچال "ice pit"; yakh meaning "ice" and chāl meaning "pit") is an ancient type of ice house that functions as an evaporative cooler.The structure had a domed shape above ground and a subterranean storage space. It was often used to store ice, but sometimes was used to store food as well.

Nakhchivan (Azerbaijani: Naxçıvan [nɑxtʃɯˈvɑn]; Armenian: Նախիջևան, romanized: Nakhijevan) is the capital of the eponymous Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic of Azerbaijan, located 450 km (280 mi) west of Baku.The municipality of Nakhchivan consists of the city of Nakhchivan, the settlement of Əliabad and the villages of Başbaşı, Bulqan, Haciniyyət, Qaraçuq, Qaraxanbəyli ...

Bam (Persian: بم) is a city and capital of Bam County, Kerman Province, Iran.At the 2006 census, its population was 73,823, in 19,572 families. The modern Iranian city of Bam surrounds the Bam citadel.Before the 2003 earthquake the official population count of the city was roughly 43,000. There are various opinions about the date and reasons for the foundation of the citadel.

Isfahān (o Eṣfahān o Ispahān, in persiano اِصفَهان , اِسپَهان ‎) è una città nell'Iran centrale con 1.600.000 abitanti (stima 2007) sul fiume Zayandeh, 400 chilometri dal Golfo Persico a un'altezza di 1590 metri sopra il livello del mare, nelle montagne dello Zagros. È la capitale della provincia di Esfahan con 4.600.000 abitanti (stima 2006) e con una superficie di ...

Herat o Herāt (in persiano هرات ‎) è una città dell'Afghanistan occidentale, capoluogo dell'omonima provincia e dell'omonimo distretto.Con circa 592 092 abitanti nel 2021, in maggioranza persiani, è la terza città del paese per popolazione.. Situata al centro della fertile valle del fiume Hari Rud, a sud dell'Hindu Kush, nel corso della sua lunga storia è stata al centro delle ...

The Emirate of Bukhara (Persian: امارت بخارا, romanized: Amārat-e Bokhārā, Chagatay: بخارا امرلیگی, romanized: Bukhārā Amirligi) was a Muslim polity in Central Asia that existed from 1785 to 1920 in what is now modern-day Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Kazakhstan.It occupied the land between the Amu Darya and Syr Darya rivers, known formerly as Transoxiana.

Ctesiphon is located approximately at Al-Mada'in, 35 km (22 mi) southeast of the modern city of Baghdad, Iraq, along the river Tigris.Ctesiphon measured 30 square kilometers, more than twice the surface of 13.7-square-kilometer fourth-century imperial Rome. [citation needed]The archway of Chosroes (Taq Kasra) was once a part of the royal palace in Ctesiphon and is estimated to …

Khiva (Uzbek: Xiva / Хива, خىۋا; Persian: خیوه, Xīveh; alternative or historical names include Kheeva, Khorasam, Khoresm, Khwarezm, Khwarizm, Khwarazm, Chorezm, Arabic: خوارزم and Persian: خوارزم) is a district-level city of approximately 93,000 people in Xorazm Region, Uzbekistan. According to archaeological data, the city was established around 1500 years ago.